The paper advises that "an armed guard or armed congregant is not a security strategy or plan on its own. Armed security can be part of a plan, but it is only that – a component. A true security plan includes many other layers and components."
Video and audio clips of interviews with Jews from Arab countries collected by the Sephardi Voices project will be made public to teach aspects of modern Jewish history that have been ignored for too long.
Iranian-born broadcaster Rani Amrani of Israel’s Farsi-language RadioRan explains why the Jewish community in Iran, one of the oldest in the Middle East, is “sitting on a powder keg.”
"Bryan E. Leib brings years of advocacy and nonprofit work to AAA," says organization in press release.
Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue, one of two remaining Jewish houses of worship in Alexandria, partially collapsed in 2016. Antiquities officials said the renovations, which began the following year, prevented it from becoming a total loss.
Recent hate crimes and domestic terrorism have put Americans' freedom "under significant stress," US Department of Homeland Security advisory panel warns.
"There are many, many non-Jews here, and some of them are Communists, enemies of the faith, haters of religion," Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef tells religious gathering. PM Netanyahu: Comments outrageous. Liberman: Remarks anti-Semitic.
About a dozen graves are vandalized in the Jewish cemetery of Bayonne, France. In Ukraine, the dorm of a Jewish student is vandalized with anti-Semitic etchings. In Greece, a monument to Holocaust victims is vandalized and the exterior of a synagogue is defaced with slogans, including “Jewish snakes out."
John Barnett recognized for his services to New Zealand’s film and television industry, while Holocaust survivor Bob Narev honored for his contribution to education and the community.
"Today, we do not simply walk over a bridge, we begin building better bridges between all denominations of Jews, and between Jews and non-Jews," head of UJA-Federation of New York says.
